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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
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Sergeant Dean Caputo said Arcadia Police Department has arrested suspect Cathrino Antonio Gomez, 36, a transient, on charges of auto theft, child endangerment and felony evading arrest. He was arrested after crashing the stolen car while fleeing police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29886
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gomez, Cathrino Antonio
Caputo, Dean
Arcadia Police Department
Automobile theft
Car chases
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30072AN
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Four people are arrested and two are charged in the slaying of Alberto Castillo at Arcadia Motel 6.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Santisteven, Peter
Martinez, Carlos
Castillo, Alberto
Arcadia Motel 6
Shootings
Item ID
29449AN
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Former Arcadia Police Department lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 41, who pleaded guilty last year to felony offenses of false personation and identity theft and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution, will have a sentencing hearing on June 28, 2007.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Item ID
30618AN
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Former Hooters restaurant manager Juan M. Aponte of Arcadia was arrested on suspicion of multiple felony accounts, including making secret video recordings of women being interviewed for jobs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28303
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Aponte, Juan M.
Hooters Restaurant - West Covina
Crime & criminals
Item ID
28501AN
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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
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Phillip Sutliff, 34, of Azusa, an Arcadia High School English teacher, has been arrested and charged with multiple sex crimes against a former student.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30244
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School teachers
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Educators
Sutliff, Phillip
Item ID
30431AN
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Amy Liang, her brother Alan Liang, and Benson Ip were indicted on five counts of mail fraud and eight counts of wire fraud.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21456
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2001
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2001
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime
Amy Liang
Alan Liang
Benson Ip
Item ID
21678AN
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Suspect Steven Phong was arrested in an alleged check scam where he passed a phony or stolen $800 business check to purchase a mall gift card at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27812
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Phong, Steve
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
28009AN
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A federal judge overturned several charges in the case of Arcadia man George Torres, 52, accused of running his Numero Uno grocery store chain in Los Angeles like an organized crime ring. He had been convicted of racketeering charges, solicitation of murder and multiple tax and fraud charges when prosecutors came forward with new evidence that appeared to exonerate him on the more serious charges. Torres was released from federal custody after being held without bail for two years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Torres, George
Item ID
31704AN
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Arcadia Police Department is warning senior citizens to avoid giving out personal information and credit card information to scam artists pretending to represent official agencies over the telephone. The scammers use intimidation as a tactic.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Scams
Senior Citizens
Fraud
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30252AN
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Brian Simpson was arrested by Arcadia Police Department after allegedly trying to defraud the Foothill Federal Credit Union of $59,000 through a fictitious car loan. It was a sting operation by the Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30074
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Simpson, Brian
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Foothill Federal Credit Union
Grand theft
Item ID
30260AN
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Robert Mike Macardican allegedly stabbed a man and fled to a house on Don Pablo Drive. A SWAT team forced him out and he was arrested.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
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p.1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 26, 2001
Pages
p.1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Macardican, Robert Mike
Assault with a deadly weapon
Stabbings
SWAT
Item ID
29509AN
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A jury hears defendant Richard Robert Russo's conversation with Arcadia policeman Bruce Smith as he says, "I killed my wife." Russo's wife Carmen had about 18 bullet holes in her body. Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse. They lived in the exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30180
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30366AN
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A federal jury found Cottrell guilty of conspiracy and seven counts of arson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Trials
Item ID
29492AN
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Police arrested four people, including a 13-year-old, on prostitution-related charges last week by responding to a Craigslist advertisement. Arcadia police spokesperson Sergeant Dean Caputo said the four were arrested at Santa Anita Inn.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Caputo, Sgt. Dean
Craigslist
Crime and Criminals
Prostitution
Santa Anita Inn
Solicitation
Item ID
31499AN
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Peter Phoenix, 27, of Rosemead, was found guilty of four of seven counts of "distraction burglaries" targeting seniors in the San Gabriel Valley. His sentence is 144 years in prison.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Phoenix, Peter
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30317AN
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Arcadia doctor arrested. Dr. Badrudin Rajabali Kurwa was arrested on October 22 for alleged sexual battery of two employees in his Glendora office. Dr. Kurwa practices as an ophthamologist in both Arcadia and Glendora.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24699
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2002
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Kurwa, Dr. Badrudin Rajabali
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
24893AN
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Arcadia resident Juan Martin Aponte faces eight counts of using a minor for sex acts, along with forty-nine other felony and misdemeanor charges. Pictured are Gloria Allred and Scheana Jancan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Aponte, Juan Martin
Hooters Restaurant - West Covina
Hooters Restaurant - job interviews - illegal videotaping
Jancan, Scheana
Allred, Gloria
Item ID
28549AN
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton was arrested for embezzling charitable funds and impersonating federal officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thornton, David Frederick
Item ID
24013AN
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